Well, I certainly don't believe that Connor has retained his uber-ness. I am entirely at the mercy of M.E. for whatever they decide is the reality of the matter, and let's face it, that short one-minute coda at the end of the episode "Home" didn't settle it one way or another.
And who knows if ME will decide to settle it in season 5 or ever?
What I do have, and will certainly own up to, is the hope that Connor retains his uber-ness, partly for metaphysical reasons (is Connor "really" Connor without his uberness? Is having "Connor's soul" sufficient in the Buffyverse to be the "same person"?), and partly because I want him to have some evidence that the life he is now leading is more than it seems.
But honestly, I have never in the history of either show been so emotionally invested in something as I am this. I guess because up until now things on the shows have pretty much gone in a way I found acceptable. Well, the whole season 5-7 Spike thing was perplexing to me, but since I wasn't emotionally invested in Spike, I didn't pay much attention. I just gradually lost a lot of my interest in "BtVS" in direct inverse proportion to the amount of screen time given over to Marsters.
But the way they callously not only wrote Connor off the show, but wrote him OUT OF the show ("who's Connor"?) gouged something out of me as well. It's a little embarassing to admit to. I don't get worked up over televisions shows or television characters like this. But now I have.
I will have to wait, like everyone else, to see what they do with this strange turn of the story. ME usually doesn't pull out the foundation of their story lines like this without trying to prop it up with something plausible.
So while I have my doubts that Kartheiser will return, I will be interested to see how Wesley's personality has changed now that he no longer remembers ever betraying Angel or losing his friends. Why did he hop in bed with Lilah, anyway? Couldn't get a date with any of the non-evil noir gals?
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Date: 2003-05-10 08:07 pm (UTC)And who knows if ME will decide to settle it in season 5 or ever?
What I do have, and will certainly own up to, is the hope that Connor retains his uber-ness, partly for metaphysical reasons (is Connor "really" Connor without his uberness? Is having "Connor's soul" sufficient in the Buffyverse to be the "same person"?), and partly because I want him to have some evidence that the life he is now leading is more than it seems.
But honestly, I have never in the history of either show been so emotionally invested in something as I am this. I guess because up until now things on the shows have pretty much gone in a way I found acceptable. Well, the whole season 5-7 Spike thing was perplexing to me, but since I wasn't emotionally invested in Spike, I didn't pay much attention. I just gradually lost a lot of my interest in "BtVS" in direct inverse proportion to the amount of screen time given over to Marsters.
But the way they callously not only wrote Connor off the show, but wrote him OUT OF the show ("who's Connor"?) gouged something out of me as well. It's a little embarassing to admit to. I don't get worked up over televisions shows or television characters like this. But now I have.
I will have to wait, like everyone else, to see what they do with this strange turn of the story. ME usually doesn't pull out the foundation of their story lines like this without trying to prop it up with something plausible.
So while I have my doubts that Kartheiser will return, I will be interested to see how Wesley's personality has changed now that he no longer remembers ever betraying Angel or losing his friends. Why did he hop in bed with Lilah, anyway? Couldn't get a date with any of the non-evil noir gals?